Method for securing strip members to container bodies

ABSTRACT

A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADHESIVELY SECURING A SEAM RELEASE STRIP TO MARGINAL END PORTION OF A TUBULAR CONTAINER WHEREIN THE STRIP MOVES ALONG A CIRCULAR PATH OF REVOLUTION AND SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE STRIP, THE CONTAINER, ROTATING ABOUT ITS OWN AXIS, MOVES IN A CIRCULAR PATH OF REVOLUTION TANGENTIAL TO THE STRIP&#39;&#39;S PATH AND AXIALLY ALIGNED THEREWITH SO THAT A LATERAL EDGE OF THE STRIP IS IN SUBSTANTIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE MARGINAL END PORTION OF THE CONTAINER. AN ADHESIVE IS APPLIED TO EITHER THE STRIP OR THE CONTAINER IN ORDER THAT ONE WILL ADHERE TO THE OTHER UPON CONTACT. THE LEADING PORTION OF THE STRIP CONTACTS THE MARGINAL END PORTION OF THE ROTATING CONTAINER AND ADHERES THERETO. THE CONTAINER MOVEMENT AND ROTATION SUBSEQUENT TO THE CONTRACTING CAUSES THE STRIP TO LEAVE ITS PATH OF REVOLUTION AND THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE STRIP TO ADHERE AROUND THE MARGINAL END PORTION OF THE CONTAINER. THE LENGTH OF THE STRIP EXCEEDS THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE CONTAINER CAUSING A TRAILING PORTION OF THE STRIP TO OVERLAP THE LEADING PORTION UPON ADHERENCE OF THE STRIP TO THE MARGINAL END PORTION OF THE CONTAINER. THE STRIP TO THE MARGINAL END PORTION OF THE CONTAINER. THE STRIP IS THEN PRESSED AGAINST THE CONTAINER CAUSING MORE INTIMATE CONTACT THEREWITH.



